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FFmpeg

Video encoding and processing powered by FFmpeg for compression and conversion

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Tutorial on FFmpeg

Using @capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg

Exposes the FFmpeg API to Capacitor.

Install

bun add @capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg
bunx cap sync

What This Plugin Exposes

  • getCapabilities - Return the machine-readable capability matrix for the current platform.
  • reencodeVideo - Queue a video re-encode job.
  • convertImage - Convert a still image into another format.
  • convertAudio - Convert audio into another container or codec.

Example Usage

getCapabilities

Return the machine-readable capability matrix for the current platform.

import { CapacitorFFmpeg } from '@capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg';

await CapacitorFFmpeg.getCapabilities();

reencodeVideo

Queue a video re-encode job.

import { CapacitorFFmpeg } from '@capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg';

await CapacitorFFmpeg.reencodeVideo({} as ReencodeVideoOptions);

convertImage

Convert a still image into another format.

import { CapacitorFFmpeg } from '@capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg';

await CapacitorFFmpeg.convertImage({} as ConvertImageOptions);

convertAudio

Convert audio into another container or codec.

import { CapacitorFFmpeg } from '@capgo/capacitor-ffmpeg';

await CapacitorFFmpeg.convertAudio({} as ConvertAudioOptions);

Full Reference